Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 212, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1933 — Page 9

JAN. 13, 1933

ARMS MAKERS PROFIT AS U. S. URGES PEACE Quixotic Situation Aired in . Plea to Ratify Embargo Treaty. KY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS ScrlDDt-linnard Korrign Editor WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—A quixotic and astounding situation was, revealed by State Secretary Henry | L. Stimson in his statement sup- i porting President Hoover's message | asking the senate to ratify the international treaty to control the • ale and shipment of arms. "We frequently find,” he said, "that at the very moment when we are bending every effort toward conciliating differences between fnrndly states, arms are being shipped from private manufacturer:, in the United States for use in the threatened or actual conflict.” And, he added: "The United States, in justice to its own convictions and its own dignity, never should be placed in such a position that it could not join in preventing the supply of arms or munitions for the furtherance of an international conflict while exercising its influence and prestige to prevent or bring to an end such a conflict.” ,* Arms Makers Profit Though the secretary did not connect directly the situation in South America with the above, he made clear reference to the war between Bolivia and Paraguay, in the Chaco, and the mobilization for war between Colombia and Peru on the upper Amazon, now in full swing. The United States has taken the lead diplomatically in attempting, first to prevent, then to stop, the war in the Chaco and now is leaving no stone unturned to head off the threatened Colombian-Peruvian conflict. , Meanwhile, arms manufacturers in Europe and America, it is said, are selling and shipping all possible arms to both sides. Position Held Ridiculous Secretary Stimson made it plain; that in his opinion the present position of the United States on international traffic in arms, which the convention now' before the senate seeks to control, is ridiculous, contradictory, undignified, humiliating and often a monkeywrench in the wheels of the world’s peace machinery. Having led in framing the covenant of the League of Nations and the Kellogg pact outlawing war, w r e now are in the position of making j money by selling arms to the | violators of those pacts. Representatives of the United States signed the treaty of St. Germain in 1919, w’hereby the leading w'orld powers agreed to prevent the promiscuous sale of arms for purposes of w’ar. Never Ratified Here This never was submitted to the I senate for ratification. The Wilson administration quickly was superseded by the Harding regime, and. this is what the then State Secretary Charles Evans Hughes, in part, gave as the reason: "There is particular objection to the provision by which the contracting parties would be prohibited from selling arms and ammunitions to states not parties to the convention. By such provisions this government would be required to prevent shipments of military supplies to such Latin-American countries’ as have not signed the convention, however desirable it might be to permit such shipments.” Blocking Own Program Tire arms embargo treaty now before the senate was signed by eighteen nations, at Geneva, in June, 1925. It was to become effective four months after ratification by fourteen powers. Fourteen powers long since have ratified it, but, according to Stimson, some of them stipulated that their adherence was contingent upon certain other powers dofng likewise, the ' United States being one. The United States, therefore, now is in the position of blocking the treaty regarded as vital to the proper working of the peace pacts, which this country largely initir ated. EMBEZZLING BILL TO PROVIDE STIFF TERMS Boss Robbins Introduces Measure to j Make Act “Robbing.” Embezzlement will be known as “robbery,” if a bill of Representative Bess Robbins iDem.. Indianapo- J Its), only woman member of the 1 general assembly, is passed and j signed. She introduced the measure j Thursday. At present a banker robbing his own institution is charged with em- j bezzlement. Despite the amount of loss the law provides only two-to-fourleen- year prison term. Miss Robbins' bill fixes the punishment for the crime of embezzlement the same as for robbery at the point of a gun, with ten to twentyfive years’ imprisonment. The bill also includes a clause that the embezzler rsay be fined not to exceed twice the amount of property stolen. However, a person embezzling any- i thing not exceeding $25 in value c;ay be sentenced to jail or the! penal farm for a term not exceeding cne year, under the proposal. CEMETERY ATTORNEY IS ORDERED OUSTED judge Weir Issues Decree in Glen Haven Case. Declaring “sharp conflict” may be expected in settlement of affairs of Glen Haven Cemetery Association, jnc.. Super or Judge Clarence E. Weir Thursday ordered removal of Merle N. A. Walker as attorney for j. J. Rochford. receiver. The removal order was issued over Walker's protest after Weir said he was informed that Walker is law partner of an attorney representing the Columbia Construction Company in a suit against the cemetery association. ’ Charles W. Richards was named to succeed Walker. Rochford, in a petition for Walker’s removal, charged the latter with failing to co-operate and asked ap•pointment in his stead of a “disinterested'’ attorney. Walker served as attorney since, Dec. 22, 1931. The receiver wasj named Jan. 19, last year.

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